The STING protein, known for helping cells fight viral infections by generating inflammation, also appears to function as a quality control sensor for organelles that serve as cellular waste disposal ...

Cells with loaned organelles had higher concentrations ... These organelles might help macrophages to function when their metabolism is disrupted, says Brestoff. In the labyrinthine world of ...

Conversely, a team at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, used rats to show that transplanted mitochondria stop damaged ...

Plants' ability to sense light and temperature, and their ability to adapt ... temperature-sensitivity would be a function of where in the cell the organelles formed. Other researchers proposed ...

Scientists say they have discovered how a group of proteins linked to Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis act as 'guardians' of mitochondria, small organelles, or subunits, within a ...

Using a novel method that gives a readout of which proteins are in specific locations within cells, UT Southwestern Medical ...

For biologists, seeing is believing. But sometimes biologists have a hard time seeing. One particularly vexing challenge is ...

Many have multiple functions and moonlight in different roles depending on their position ... from major organelles to more esoteric options, such as cell junctions and lipid droplets.

Evidence suggests that in Parkinson’s disease, a breakdown in lysosomal function allows lipids to build up within cells. Variants of the GBA1 gene, the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic PD, ...

Scientists apply principles of math and physics to unravel the mystery of how the endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle vital ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have discovered how a group of proteins linked to Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis act as "guardians" of mitochondria, small ...